Kazakh national game " Togyz kumalak"

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2. National game <<Togyz kumalak>>

National game
<<Togyz kumalak>>

3. Kazakh national game " Togyz kumalak"

Kazakh national game
" Togyz kumalak"
• One of the oldest Kazakh national games is the
game "Togyz kumalak". ""Togyz kumalak" is a Board
game on the Board in the logic and wit, designed to
develop logical mathematical thinking and
endurance. The game belongs to the family of
Mancala, which includes games such as vari or
Kalah. The basis of the game is the number 9
(9x9=81 and 2x9x9=162), considered the ancient
Mongols and Turks sacred. In the scientific world it
was called "the algebra of chabans", as in the
course of the game rivals have to use all four basic
mathematical actions. The game is based not only
on the speed of counting, but also on tactics.

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• Each of the players at the beginning of the game has 81 balls of the
same color, that is, 9 balls for 9 holes.
• The main task of the game-shifting stones in the game holes, collect
them as much as possible in your "cauldron". The collected stones
are folded into a storage hole. Players make moves alternately. The
player who is drawn by lot the right of the first move, takes out of
any hole in its row all but one balls, and moves them from left to
right, dropping one in each subsequent hole in such a way that the
last ball hit the opponent's hole. If the number of balls in this hole
after the end of the course will be even, they are all “prey” of the
player and transferred to his cauldron. The right of the next move
passes to the opponent. If in the holes of one of the players will not
have a single ball, his opponent carries all the balls of his row in his
cauldron. The game continues as long as one of two players pick up
in your cauldron more 81 rock (this player wins), or they both pick
up a pebble 81 (tie).

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• In the game "Togyz kumalak" may occur some game situations that are worth
describing:
• If after the move in a hole is three stones, the hole is declared "tustica". In the next
every pebble, caught in tuzdik, goes into the cauldron of the player on whose side is
this tuzdik, but the player can not get yourself tuzdik on the 9th, and on the hole
under the figure which took the first "tuzdik" rival. Each player can be one tuzdik at
the same time.
• If after the course of one of the players all the holes are empty, it falls into the
situation of "atsyz Kalu" (KAZ. "to remain without horse"). In this case, he cannot
walk as long as he remains "walking". In this situation the game ends, the stones of
the opponent are moving in the cauldron of the enemy, and counts the stones in the
cauldrons.
• Game "Togyz kumalak" could last for four to five hours. This game was popular in
ancient times, when the players not even having the game Board, you could just dig
a hole in the ground. Popular "Togyz kumalak" in our time and gradually the number
of its admirers is growing every year.

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• Among Russian researchers the first author who wrote about togyzkumalak
was attrap N. Pantusov. His article "Kyrgyz game togyzkumalak" was
released in 1906 in the city of Kazan. Well-known Turkologist S.
Amanzholov about this article wrote: "Antonovskoe description too wild,
sometimes wrong, but because it has not attracted public attention, and
was not able to attract". Of course, Pantusov, as an ethnographer, attracted,
not by myself, the game and its rules. The scientist in this case tried to give
an introductory description of the national game. After him, the next Russian
ethnographer who studied togyzkumalak was Asiya Popova. She's traveling
on the Kazakh Aram Banalya that in Eastern Mongolia, collected extensive
material about the unknown in Kazakhstan she tughlak, esenkulova and
togyzkumalak. The collected materials were published in France. Asiya
Popova believed that all of these games are the heritage of the Kazakhs,
and also pointed out that togyzkumalak played in Afghanistan, and
expanded the scope of the game itself. Another work that deserves
attention is the book by I. Zelinsky called "Dominoes, backgammon, dice,"
published in 2004 in Moscow. Here the author argues that togyzkumalak
originated from the Egyptian Kalah and cites thoughts proving these
allegations.

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• Unconfirmed ideas of the researcher from Russia I. Zelinskaya continue in
studies conducted in America. For example, The hypothesis of K. Scott can
generally be called fat science fiction, as he tries to prove that togyzkumalak
is one of the types of African vari game, which came to Central Asia together
with Islam and thanks to it spread throughout Kazakhstan. Here's what
Scott writes about our national game: "This is a very interesting
geographical and anthropological case. For this game, very similar to the
vari, is used of fruit seeds or pebbles. This is common to all African games.
Central Asia is a country of steppes and Sands. Most of the territory of earth
and sand, and only in the few places it is found greens. Traditional culture
of Kazakhs is based on animal husbandry, they graze small cattle. These
animals produce safe spools and in the absence of pebbles their use for
game in togyzkumalak" [61. It is immediately evident that this researcher
has no knowledge of nomadic civilization and culture of Kazakhs. However,
many develop the same thoughts, and this one American: many researchers
still consider the game togyzkumalak, as "shepherds", and kumalak — as
"the result of the activity of sheep."

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• There are data about togyzkumalak and the book LRuss "the
Complete Mancala Games Book: How to Play the World's Oldest
Board Games".
• Togyzkumalak-is primarily the worldview of the people, and only then
creativity, sports, science.. If Russian and American scientists
consider togyzkumalak only as an ethnographic feature, the
Europeans give a fairer assessment of togyzkumalak as a national
heritage and mental creativity, which has its own traditional
characteristics, inherent only to a certain people. In this regard, the
most valuable and accurate materials are given in the book written by
X. Machastchek in 1972 "Zugum Zug: Die Zauberwelt der Brettspiele"
and in 1984 "steel um steel: Exotik der Brettspiele" (Stone by stone:
exotic world of table games) [7]. In the section of the book concerning
national art, it is said that among the games similar to the game "Bob"
in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, the game "togyzkumalak" is known
and officially registered, and in this region this game was played not
less than 4 thousand years ago. These words completely destroy
unsubstantiated ideas of I. Zelinskaya and K. Scott. There is a set of
direct proofs that togyzkumalak is a heritage of the Kazakh people
and that the African and Arab culture have no relation to it.

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• The issue of global dissemination of togyzkumalak is not
limited to the studies mentioned above. The book by A. Almasi
"Journey to the heart of Asia" is of great value as a historical
work, it helps to understand the nature togyzkumalak on the
basis of toruscolors. In this book, scientist were considered
separately gaming forms of entertainment of Kyrgyz people in
their free time. In addition, the scientist leads the drawing
Board in statuscolor and explain the rules. Written rules show
that togyzkumalak and statuscolor essentially two different
games.
• In the framework of the Central Asia the first and most
valuable work was prepared by well-known Turkologist S.
Amanzholova. In the book "Togyzkumalak", which was
published in 1936, the scientist gives evidence that the game,
based on the traditions and rituals of nomads, is very common
among the Kazakh and Kyrgyz peoples. Kyrgyz scientists
aidarkulov K., A. Shalymov, M. Kiesbye, T. Orozobekov in his
writings give a real proof that the game is from ancient times is
an integral part of the lives of nomads and invaluable
intellectual heritage.

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